lol at the Michael Bay one
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 17:19 (one year ago) link
Wes always seems to be finding the new Michael Cera
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 17:44 (one year ago) link
think my problem now is that UK adverts have adopted his aesthetic so heavily that I'm unable to enjoy his work for what it is
― or something, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 18:06 (one year ago) link
I liked (Charged)GBH the best out of the current era. French Dispatch was dogshit.
― brimstead, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 18:09 (one year ago) link
UK adverts have adopted his aesthetic
Boots ads are pastel now?
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 18:22 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iHT_pxHtHYno need for AI to see Wes Anderson fitba coverage
― They do the Shug a loo, do the Shy Tuna, do the Kemba Walker (fionnland), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 18:23 (one year ago) link
I like his trailers better than his movies, honestly 3 minutes of this guy is really all I need
― calstars, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 20:49 (one year ago) link
I liked (Charged)GBH the best out of the current era. French Dispatch was dogshit.― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, March 29, 2023 12:25 PM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, March 29, 2023 12:25 PM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
french dispatch would be a good name for a street punk band
― flopson, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 20:52 (one year ago) link
― It’s Only Her Factory, Girl! (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 20:54 (one year ago) link
Btw this is not a unique observation, but watching the recent Fire of Love documentary (about two quirky French volcanologists, narrated by Miranda July) was extremely Anderson-esque. Down to the red hats. He had to have seen some of that footage, right?
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 30 March 2023 16:15 (one year ago) link
yeah the red hats got me thinking the same thing
― a (waterface), Thursday, 30 March 2023 16:19 (one year ago) link
the hats are a Jacques Cousteau thing, as in TLAWSZ
― bulb after bulb, Thursday, 30 March 2023 16:34 (one year ago) link
Hope Davis is everywhere nowadays
― Heez, Thursday, 30 March 2023 16:40 (one year ago) link
I have a friend who leads a marine biology group on St. Martin and they very consciously copy the whole Life Aquatic look and vibe (obviously originally from Cousteau, but I'm positive they were inspired by the Anderson film)
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 30 March 2023 17:38 (one year ago) link
This looks good and might even be great but posting just to say that it is really amazing how he moves steadily deeper and deeper into his thing with each movie. Don't think he's ever even attempted to pivot from the stereotype of a Wes Anderson movie, just embraces it progressively more wholeheartedly. you go, auteur
I generally agree with this but I can think of one big exception: at one point a stereotypical Wes Anderson movie would have had wall-to-wall needle drops of 60s/70s pop songs. He really tapered that off starting with Darjeeling. (Could be related to the fact that that was his last human-populated movie ostensibly set in the present day?) I'm sure a lot of people think of this as a positive step in his progression, but man, I'd like to see him go back to that well at least a little more often. He's never topped the "A Quick One" sequence in Rushmore as far as I'm concerned.
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Thursday, 30 March 2023 20:10 (one year ago) link
first impression from Belgian newspaper's reviewer at Cannes: "a collection of great looking tableaux, but doesn't grab you"
― StanM, Thursday, 25 May 2023 16:44 (ten months ago) link
Who'da thunk?
― Cathy Berberian Begins at Home (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 25 May 2023 16:53 (ten months ago) link
Reviews of this one seem to be mostly vv positive
― omar little, Thursday, 25 May 2023 16:54 (ten months ago) link
Think I might try to see, since I’ve been sitting him out for so long.
― Cathy Berberian Begins at Home (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 25 May 2023 17:03 (ten months ago) link
yeah I'm still watching it, I don't always agree with movie reviewers :-)
― StanM, Thursday, 25 May 2023 17:37 (ten months ago) link
"a collection of great looking tableaux, but doesn't grab you" is EXACTLY what The French Dispatch was.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Friday, 26 May 2023 02:21 (ten months ago) link
Richard Lawson said it was his favorite since Moonrise Kingdom, which made me perk up bc that was the last one I liked, too. (Actually, I haven't seen Isle of Dogs, but Grand Budapest and French Dispatch both left me cold.)
― jaymc, Friday, 26 May 2023 03:47 (ten months ago) link
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 26 May 2023 07:04 (ten months ago) link
The thing I liked about the trailer was Last Train To San Fernando
― Do I look like I know what a jpeg is? (dog latin), Friday, 26 May 2023 09:12 (ten months ago) link
Yeah, Moonrise Kingdom, as with Fantastic Mr. Fox before it, re-ignited my waning interest in Wes Anderson
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Friday, 26 May 2023 11:19 (ten months ago) link
this one looks the closest in style and tone to moonrise kingdom, at least from the trailer. that's the foundation of my excitement
― ciderpress, Friday, 26 May 2023 14:05 (ten months ago) link
Saw this yesterday. Definitely the weirdest Anderson film I’ve seen, but in a good way. Seems like he’s having fun and making movies exactly how he wants to.
― o. nate, Sunday, 25 June 2023 16:54 (nine months ago) link
I’ll take that as a recommendation.
― Johnny Bit Rot (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 June 2023 17:02 (nine months ago) link
making movies exactly how he wants to.
when hasn't he?
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 25 June 2023 17:53 (nine months ago) link
Saw it earlier. Seems to attempt the same meta layering as The French Dispatch but not as sprawling so it felt somewhere between that and Moonrise Kingdom. Great spectacle and kid actors as ever but the story's another hot mess and it could be funnier.
― nashwan, Sunday, 25 June 2023 21:15 (nine months ago) link
Pleasant. Also the first film of his I've seen in twenty years and honestly I'll be fine with another twenty, but it looked nice.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 25 June 2023 23:43 (nine months ago) link
Yeah I guess he’s always followed his own muse. Maybe it’s just more obvious now that he’s following it to an extreme which is more obviously uncommercial though to be fair I haven’t seen his prior two films so this may be old news. There is a fairly large if casual potential fan base that knows him mainly as the inspiration for a popular instagram hashtag which he could have pandered to. This is the first of his films that I’ve seen in the theater since Darjeeling. I guess I always like them better on the big screen.
― o. nate, Monday, 26 June 2023 01:24 (nine months ago) link
Kind of bummed Ned hasn't seen Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom, or Grand Budapest Hotel.
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Monday, 26 June 2023 02:05 (nine months ago) link
Isle of Dogs my favorite of his late career tbh
― Nhex, Monday, 26 June 2023 02:37 (nine months ago) link
xpost Those are my three faves, probably. Though I dunno, I rewatched Bottle Rocket, Rushmore and Tenenbaums recently, and they were all great, too, but those aforementioned three feel like, I dunno, his mature renewal after a brief fallow period. But didn't particularly like Isle of Dogs, for whatever reason never got around to seeing French Dispatch. I'd love to see him make something other than another human diorama exhibit, kind of like when the Coen Brothers gave being the Coen Brothers a brief break and made "No Country for Old Men," which kind of refreshed them after making a couple of misfires.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 26 June 2023 02:54 (nine months ago) link
Isle of Dogs could be a sub-board of Isle of Everything.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Monday, 26 June 2023 02:55 (nine months ago) link
Our 13 year old has become a fan so we’re rewatching these. So far I like the Life Aquatic more than I remember and the Tenenbaums a little less. But i’m a big fan, I like ‘em all a lot. I don’t remember Darjeeling very well though.
Moonrise Kingdom may be my current fave. He has a great touch with kids.
― Cow_Art, Monday, 26 June 2023 03:00 (nine months ago) link
Level of interest: none. My folks like Moonrise Kingdom, and I'll probably get them this new one for Christmas, they'll appreciate the 50s setting as that's their youth.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 26 June 2023 03:38 (nine months ago) link
I've never rewatched any Anderson films and don't plan to, so it's hard to compare with the early stuff, but to me Asteroid City is the best thing he's done since at least Tenenbaums. I thought Moonrise Kingdom was slightly disappointing, and Budapest was a slight return to form. This new one to me feels like a bigger break from his past work.
― o. nate, Monday, 26 June 2023 17:47 (nine months ago) link
I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this especially since I hated The French Dispatch.
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Monday, 26 June 2023 19:04 (nine months ago) link
Was gonna say the box-office returns thus far are really encouraging ... until I reminded myself of what The Grand Budapest Hotel netted.
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Monday, 26 June 2023 21:00 (nine months ago) link
i've always liked his films, i have yet to see one i wasn't at least mostly onboard with. his aesthetic is so specific and easy to parody and clown on but it's also really refreshing to have a guy like him around.
― omar little, Monday, 26 June 2023 21:10 (nine months ago) link
and yet, he still couldn't resist having at least one asshole dad figure in this
― Nhex, Tuesday, 27 June 2023 12:40 (nine months ago) link
I quite liked it, my favorite WA since 2014, but...I'm confused why critics I respect are rhapsodizing: an emotional breakthrough for him or something.
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 June 2023 20:57 (nine months ago) link
Also: you're making a mistake not watching Fantastic Mr. Fox, still his best.
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 June 2023 20:59 (nine months ago) link
Ned is, that is.
I wouldn’t call it an emotional breakthrough. More a matter of consolidating his strengths. Much like the freight rain celebrated in the song that plays over the titles, it is notable for its speed. The beats are perfectly spaced for a screwball comedy. He has also forgone trying to portray 3-dimensional characters, with the exception that proves the rule being the Schwartzman character, and even there the attempt at depth becomes part of the joke, with the director of the “play outside the play” critiquing his performance. Anderson films at their best are pure escapism. The only genuine emotion that should exist in the film is regret that the fun will have to end at some point, and the most effective emotional moments are allusions to that realization.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 27 June 2023 23:08 (nine months ago) link
I think he did that in The Grand Budapest Hotel.
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 June 2023 23:13 (nine months ago) link
Yeah he started moving in that direction. Just feel like this one went a bit further.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 27 June 2023 23:20 (nine months ago) link
It helps that he also jettisoned the requirement to have a coherent plot.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 27 June 2023 23:27 (nine months ago) link
this was great. reminded me of John Barth more than anything else.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Saturday, 12 August 2023 01:16 (eight months ago) link
I loved this. Love French dispatch too.
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 08:20 (seven months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RdncisZ_QA
― StanM, Friday, 15 September 2023 08:40 (seven months ago) link
All new on Netflix, based on Roald Dahl stories:
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (41 minutes)The Rat Catcher (17 minutes)The Swan (17 minutes)Poison (17 minutes)
― StanM, Sunday, 1 October 2023 18:21 (six months ago) link
What a strange, fascinating movie this was
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 19 December 2023 01:53 (four months ago) link
i loved it, think it's his best film. definitely the one I've thought about the most after watching, anyhow
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 19 December 2023 04:42 (four months ago) link
I really liked this. Nobody does <ABSURD> like Anderson.
Also got a kick out of the actor Schwartzman character being named "Jones Hall" after the symphonic hall in downtown Houston
And they running gag of the hot rod car chase
AND THAT ROADRUNNER
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 19 December 2023 05:51 (four months ago) link
yeah i really loved this
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 19 December 2023 05:59 (four months ago) link
I had my doubts and admittedly didn't watch it all in one setting, but it does seem a rich well of ... whatever it is up to. And I'm equally unsure of exactly what it is up to as I am of whether I would ever watch it again, because I feel like I got it, I soaked in every scene and every line of flat dialogue and all of the little fleeting in-jokes and winks and subtle exchanges of glances and ... I'm still not sure I get it.
I never saw his last one, either, "French Dispatch." I guess I should. It's remarkable that Wes Anderson has gotten so much out of such a seemingly limited style/approach. I also like how his acting troupe of regulars just keeps getting bigger and bigger. I wonder what it's like to be directed by him?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 19 December 2023 13:27 (four months ago) link
I'll have to check this out. I loved The Grand Budapest Hotel, but had mixed feelings about Isle of Dogs and The French Dispatch - some great set pieces, but it also felt like his limitations were becoming more apparent with little to say that made up for it. I skipped this one after hearing some very negative reactions from people who were otherwise Anderson fans, but I just caught up with The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and thought that was excellent.
From what little I know about Asteroid City, the most substantial characteristic it shares with The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (besides the usual elements you'd find in Anderson's work) is how they're set up with a matryoshka-like structure of a story within a story within a story, etc., calling attention not just to story creation but interpretation as well. It'll be interesting to see how that works with Asteroid City when it's an original work rather than an adaptation like The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar or, in the case of The Grand Budapest Hotel, a story that heavily draws from the work of Stefan Zweig.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 19 December 2023 18:48 (four months ago) link
I look forward to hearing what you think, because, yeah, it is like that - story within a story, kind of - but like I said, it's ... strange. It's hard for me to discern which story is the story within the story, and what that story is, exactly. Compared to "Grand Budapest," which does something different and maybe more ... safe (?) with the story within the story conceit?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 19 December 2023 19:13 (four months ago) link
I’m not sorry I saw this, but … am not in a rush to see it again? Like JiC noted above: I kinda got it, you know?
The French Dispatch I liked better.
(Haven’t seen any of his other movies but would like to get to The Royal Tenenbaums sooner or later though.)
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 19 December 2023 19:17 (four months ago) link
It's good! They're all pretty good. In fact, the only ones my brain tells me were at all disappointing ("Life Aquatic" and "Darjeeling," and "Dogs" I thought was dull, too) I still see cited by some as favorites, so I feel like I have to see them again.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 19 December 2023 19:23 (four months ago) link
Schwartzman in the Criterion Closet, mentions the Clu Gulager influence on his performance in Asteroid City.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92yxBp7tce4
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 1 January 2024 19:20 (three months ago) link
What sort of a name is Clu Gulager?
― stephen miller is not your friend (Eric H.), Monday, 1 January 2024 21:10 (three months ago) link
Clu Gulager was born William Martin Gulager in Holdenville, Hughes County, Oklahoma. His nickname was given to him by his father for the clu-clu birds (known in English as martins, like his middle name) that were nesting at the Gulager home at the time Clu was born.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 1 January 2024 21:19 (three months ago) link